Judges 13:2-3

2 A certain man of Zorah, named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, had a wife who was childless, unable to give birth.
3 The angel of the LORD appeared to her and said, “You are barren and childless, but you are going to become pregnant and give birth to a son.

Judges 13:2-3 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 13

This chapter relates the birth of Samson, another of the judges of Israel, which was foretold by an angel to his mother, who told her husband of it, Jud 13:1-7 upon whose entreaty the angel appeared again, and related the same to them both, Jud 13:8-14 and who was very, respectfully treated by the man, and by the wonderful things he did was known by him to be an angel of the Lord, which greatly surprised him, Jud 13:15-23 and the chapter is closed with an account of the birth of Samson, and of his being early endowed with the Spirit of God, Jud 13:24,25.

Cross References 7

  • 1. S Joshua 15:33; Joshua 19:41
  • 2. ver 8; Judges 16:31
  • 3. S Genesis 30:6
  • 4. S Genesis 11:30
  • 5. S Genesis 16:7; ver 6,8; Judges 6:12
  • 6. ver 10
  • 7. Isaiah 7:14; Luke 1:13
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